YOU SAY IT, WE PLAY IT – ELTON JOHN W/ DUA LIPA – COLD HEART

WHAT!?!? First it was new music ABBA, now Elton John??  Before you get to excited, it’s kinda old music from Elton John in a new way. But that’s ok…becasue it’s ELTON JOHN!!  and DUA LIPA!!

How did this collaboration come to be??

The seed was planted after Dua invited Elton for an Instagram live discussing his experiences with Studio 54 ahead of her remix album ‘Club Future Nostalgia.’ A shared respect and subsequent friendship blossomed which saw Elton appear as a guest on Dua’s record breaking Studio 2054 live stream. Dua subsequently performed at The Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party, which raised over $3 million for the Foundation. Driven by the restrictions of lockdown and a renewed passion for collaboration, Elton reached out to Dua to work on new music together remotely.

The results of those sessions ‘Cold Heart’ is at once instantly recognisable and yet thoroughly contemporary – a modern dance floor filler based on four of Elton’s classic tracks expertly spliced together by Australian electronic band and producers PNAU – ‘Kiss The Bride’ (originally from 1983 album Too Low For Zero), ‘Rocketman’ (from 1972’s Honky Chateau), ‘Where’s the Shoorah?’ (from 1976 double album “Blue Moves”) and ‘Sacrifice’ (from 1989’s Healing Hands). PNAU previously achieved an acclaimed UK number 1 in 2012 with the Elton Versus PNAU album ‘Good Morning to the Night’.

The video was created by Hamburg based animator and director Raman Djafari. The video sees animated versions of Elton and Dua stepping into a dynamic and euphoric world before separating as their planets drift apart. A beautifully drawn, wistful and, at times, trippy parallel to the last year and a half in lockdown, the video reaches its moving and joyous climax as the characters are reunited.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? Should we add it to the FOX mix??  Text PLAY to the A1 Security Textline if you like it, or PASS if you don’t. 519-464-1999

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This post was written by Sarah Woodley